After spending much of the last year putting the finishing touches on her ‘In Your Arms’ music video (made with more than a quarter-million Jelly Belly Jelly Beans) and touring in Europe, Asia and Australia, Kina Grannis returns home for a North American tour. The Los Angeles-based singer songwriter’s ‘In Your Arms’ World Tour has already sold out a dozen rooms in Europe before venturing into two legs of mostly sold out dates in Southeast Asia and Australia. The tour’s US leg begins at San Diego’s Porter’s Pub on April 9th and wraps around the continent, making stops at Washington DC’s 9:30 Club and New York City’s Irving Plaza before ending with shows at San Francisco’s Fillmore and Los Angeles’ John Anson Ford Amphitheater.

Kina Grannis Discusses Super Bowl Ad, Being Major Label-less

January 18, 2012 – Kina Grannis spoke with The Hollywood Reporter about her decision to give up a major label deal with Interscope and go at it alone.

“Major labels still have a role, but people can just do it without them now,” Grannis explained.

As for becoming an overnight star after winning a Doritos Super Bowl contest and having her music played during the most watched television event in 2008, Grannis said, “Getting your music video played during the Super Bowl is pretty amazing. But the biggest thing going into that, was let me use this as an opportunity to put everything I have into sharing my music during the two months of the contest. That’s when I started my YouTube [page].”

Watch the interview and a performance of ‘In Your Arms’ below the cut.